Richard Wagner: Gotterdammerung (Vocal Score)

The final episode of the Ring cycle, 'Gotterdammerung' is itself a colossal work - one of the longest evenings of opera in the standard repertory. Musically, Wagner has gained such mastery of his music drama and his use of musical motives, that he treats both with superb freedom - the handling of Leitmotives in this opera can be thought of as one of the most powerful psychological achievements in art. This is the Schirmer edition of the Vocal Score, edited by Karl Klindworth and in the original German with an English translation by Frederick Jameson.